Definitions of "Maroons"

1. Maroons

Definition

Free hill dwellers whose forebears had either never known slavery or had successfully fled to the hills where they lived in free, self-governing communities

Example Sentences

Patois: Nanny a di maroons a one a di national heroes fi Jamaica
English: Nanny of the maroons is one of the national heroes for Jamaica

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